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The Burnout Society

Cooltura

Unabridged • 4066004909400
20 minutes
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In his book "The Burnout Society," Byung-Chul Han presents the paradigm shift that has led humanity from a disciplinary society to a performance society. From a repressive society, based on the negativity of prohibitions, to a hyperactive society, overflowing with stimuli and information, based on total positivity. The verb that defines the performance society is not "must" but "can"; modern man believes himself to be free, but paradoxically lives at war with himself. The performance society, Han says, engenders the endless pain of self-exhaustion.
From the publisher
In his book "The Burnout Society," Byung-Chul Han presents the paradigm shift that has led humanity from a disciplinary society to a performance society. From a repressive society, based on the negativity of prohibitions, to a hyperactive society, overflowing with stimuli and information, based on total positivity. The verb that defines the performance society is not "must" but "can"; modern man believes himself to be free, but paradoxically lives at war with himself. The performance society, Han says, engenders the endless pain of self-exhaustion.

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Cooltura
Release date
03/25/2026

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